Hanoi Day 4

Thís morning started at 4:45am when our alarm went off (or 3am when we both woke afraid of sleeping in) our breakfast box arrived at 5am (coffee in a can, orange juice, 2 crossants, danishes, apple and a ham and cheese sambo with the crusts cut off) our butler took our bag at 5:20am and we were off in a taxi.

It was a much quicker taxi trip back to the airport than arriving, but unfortunately still in darkness. We checked in, but got a shock as there were some concerns with tony's arrival date on visa letter.

Flight smelled like a toilet at a music festival, but was so smooth take off and landing all was forgiven. We were even served a snack for a 1 hour flight. 

Arrived at Bangkok and re-checked baggage. Vísa letter approved!!! Phew! Unfortunately we had suncream and moisturiser in hand luggage and was taken off us.

Had coffee while waiting for flight. BEST COFFEE EVER! Played "Guess what country they're from".

Arrived at Hanoi quickly through the Visa process. Had to wait FOREVER at the baggage collection. After waiting awhile, we sat down at the carosel so did a local - knowing smile to one another - thís is going to take awhile.

Oh my gosh Hanoi ís insane!! It is exactly how people describe it. Hot, people approach offering taxi lift (one guy then got shoved out of airport by security. They tail gate, drive in middle of 2 lanes, use their horns as indicators, and just drive how ever and where ever they want - just no aggression. We dont even know which is the correct side of the road to drive on anymore.

After dumping our bags at our hotel we wandered dowwn to a recommended travel company and booked our junk boat tour. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT!

Continued wandering the streets, risking our lives crossing the road. Dont worry mum we are ok but wait till you see our footage of the streets. Its hectic to say the least. You have to just start crossing and continue - commit or get hit.

We found a little food stall on the street that cooks your food on a grill on the side of the road. We had different skewers of meat. We think it was chicken, beef and pork but cant be too sure :) We also ventured into the unknown - with some whole bird creature. Bec jumped straight in, chewing away, and didnt realise until after that she was trying to suck meat out of a birds head. Lets hope she keeps it down while typing this. Wash it all down with a Bier Ha Noi, and sat back and watched the potential carnage on the streets.